都柏林城市大学

Learn how the legal process operates and how law and social forces influence one another in our modern world. In this degree, you’ll explore the key foundations of law (constitutional law, contract law and criminal law, for instance), and examine critical perspectives on the nature of these subjects, the practice of law, and the wider role of law in society.

The BCL (Law and Society) course suits analytical problem solvers who want to understand the role law plays in regulating social systems and to engage critically with the possibilities of law reform.

You may choose to extend the degree from three to four years by spending an optional year studying abroad.

The course also presents the opportunity to study the core modules to prepare for entrance exams to the Law Society as a trainee solicitor, or you could qualify for entrance to the Barrister-at-Law degree at King's Inns. Alternatively, upon graduation, you may choose to work within the public service, politics, NGOs, journalism, criminology/criminal justice and equality organisations, or international institutions.

About the course

The BCL (Law and Society) degree consists of a mixture of compulsory and optional modules.

In Year One, all modules are compulsory.

In Years Two and Three, there are some compulsory modules but you’ll also choose from a range of optional modules.

The BCL is normally a three-year course. However, you can opt to spend an extra year abroad in one of our partner universities in Spain, Scotland, China or Poland, experiencing life in another country and studying another legal system.

After you complete the year abroad, you’ll return to DCU for your final year.

Careers

You’ll have the opportunity to study the core modules to prep for entrance exams to the Law Society as a trainee solicitor, or you could qualify for entrance to the Barrister-at-Law degree at King's Inns.

Alternatively, upon graduation, you may seek employment within state organisations, politics, NGOs, journalism, criminology/criminal justice and equality studies, or international institutions.

• Policy evaluation
• Research
• Trainee Barrister
• Trainee Solicitor

In these areas

• European Institutions
• Non-Governmental Organisation
• Private Sector
• Public Sector
• Statutory Bodies